MS Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer

[Guest]

I saw the review for optical mice.

I received a Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer for my birthday in October. It came with 2 Energizer Batteries.

I was very disappointed that in 3 weeks and 1 day, my batteries were dead.

To be fair, I did not have the driver software that came with the mouse installed. I was using the driver that WIN XP had picked.

I now have the driver installed, so maybe that will help with battery conservation.

I also have lithium batteries in here now, so until these die, I won't be able to test alkalines again.

Other than that, this mouse is awesome! I really hope the driver software is necessary to conserve the battery.

 

[Guest]

How is the accuracy of the mouse? Does the curson move smoothly along the screen or does it 'pixel skip', moving a few pixels at a time instead of one at a time?

 

[FatBurger]

Battery life varies greatly with the surface it's on. The lighter the surface, the longer the batteries will last.

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[AMD_Man]

hmm, I've been wondering, can you use NiMH rechargeable batteries on them?

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

 

[FatBurger]

I would assume you can use rechargeables, but I've never tried it.

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[upec]

I was going to get a wireless mouse. After hear about the battery life is not great I decide just get the regular intellimouse explorer.

 

[Guest]

Well, unfortunately the Lithium batteries I installed only lasted 1 week longer than the Energizer Alkalines the mouse came with.

3-4 weeks battery life is too inconvenient for me, I am going to return my Wireless Intellimouse Explorer and go for the wired version.

 

[Guest]

It operates very smooth.